With one very cuddled up Puck to welcome you back to the blog, here’s a quick update with a promise of more to follow. I have been terrible about posting and hope to get back to it on a more regular basis next year.
Cali is getting older. She’s 14 now and starting to have some kidney issues. We found out because she had a couple of back to back infections. The vet has prescribed some medication and a prescription diet. She HATES the prescription diet. The food is all low protein, so it is basically a bowl of rice. I’ve tried mixing in pumpkin, different baby food veggies, veggie broth, etc. She’s not having it. She’s losing weight and I’m not sure what to do about it. She seemed to like the Just Food for Dogs prescription kidney food at first, but she isn’t eating it very well anymore. I just ordered a bunch of Royal Canin renal health food, and she is eating that a little better. I’m nervous about her losing weight. A pound or two is a lot when your total body weight is only 11 pounds!
Logan the cat is also having kidney issues. She’s also on a prescription diet, but thankfully she is eating her food without issue. She is still having issues controlling her bladder, so she is still confined, but she is doing well and seems very content.
Bean is still just Bean. He’s happily keeping an eye on the Christmas tree for us.
I’ve had puppy fever really bad. I signed up to foster for a shelter thinking that it might help to ease my puppy wanting, but so far there haven’t really been any fosters available. There was one, but she was a very active adult dog, and without a fenced in yard I was worried about what it would be to take her in. I was told she wasn’t the easiest and maybe not the best choice for a first foster, and not wanting me first experience to be a super challenging one. I passed.
There was an adorable little dog on Facebook the other day that I came very close to applying for, but after ordering more prescription food for Cali, I decided maybe I should let the medical issues settle in a bit here before I actually do take on another dog.
Hector D. Byrd is doing great. She was pissed at me for a bit because we were doing some remodeling and we had to move her cage upstairs and out of the way for a few weeks. She’s back in her usual spot now and much happier. I’m happier too, I like having her near my work area.
Wishing everyone and their feathered, furred, scaled babies the very happiest of holidays! Hoping to be back more regularly next year!
My two boys are 14 and 12 recently they have tested on the high side for pancreatic enzymes. I have them on boiled chicken twice a day and they love it.
I’m glad you found something that is working for you!
Put your sick pets on natural deer meat and deer broth it’s all natural and very healthy for them and a antibiotic for the kidney infection and keep them away from cat litter that has perfume in them and away from carpet refreshers that causes kidney infection and some vitamins for pets is very good for them I to have dealt with animal kidney infections in the past and now my pets are doing very well just a bit of info that may help you Pepto bismo about a teaspoon is good to coat there tummies if they get upset stomach so good luck with your pets have a great new year
Sorry to hear of those kidney challenges. Just in case you havent seen this site: https://www.felinecrf.org/
I learned about it from TheCatSite.com (I have been a member of TCS since 2004) . Tanya has created a support group on her site and you can also post in the Cat Health forum of TCS .
Thanks for the info! I will definitely check this out.
Put your sick pets on natural deer meat and deer broth it’s all natural and very healthy for them and a antibiotic for the kidney infection and keep them away from cat litter that has perfume in them and away from carpet refreshers that causes kidney infection and some vitamins for pets is very good for them I to have dealt with animal kidney infections in the past and now my pets are doing very well just a bit of info that may help you Pepto bismo about a teaspoon is good to coat there tummies if they get upset stomach so good luck with your pets have a great new year
Unfortunately my dog and cat have early stages of kidney failure so high protein is bad for them. My cat is doing great on the prescription diet and her kidney values are back in normal range. My dog isn’t a fan of the prescription food, so that’s been hard.